{"id":817,"date":"2014-03-22T05:06:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-22T05:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2014\/03\/samuel-dewitt-proctor-institute-for-child-advocacy-ministry.html"},"modified":"2014-03-22T05:06:00","modified_gmt":"2014-03-22T05:06:00","slug":"samuel-dewitt-proctor-institute-for-child-advocacy-ministry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2014\/03\/samuel-dewitt-proctor-institute-for-child-advocacy-ministry.html","title":{"rendered":"Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute for Child Advocacy Ministry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>
Standing Our Ground: Justice and Equity for All God\u2019s Children<\/b><\/span><\/span>
July 14-18, 2014<\/b><\/span><\/span>
CDF Haley Farm Clinton, Tennessee\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Register Online<\/a>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n


<\/span><\/span>Join clergy, seminarians, Christian educators, young adult leaders and other faith-based advocates for children at CDF Haley Farm in Clinton, Tennessee, for five days of spiritual renewal, networking, movement building workshops, and continuing education about the urgent needs of children at the 20th annual Proctor Institute for Child Advocacy Ministry.<\/span><\/span>

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Welcome Home<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n
What better place to renew our spirits, refocus our vision, and strengthen the movement for children than CDF\u2019s Haley Farm? Once home to the late Roots author Alex Haley, CDF Haley Farm is the spiritual home of the children\u2019s movement. You will feel the spirit of this special place as soon as you enter the gates and take in the gentle green fields dotted with rustic buildings and graced by the Langston Hughes Library and the Riggio-Lynch Interfaith Chapel designed by Maya Lin. On the porch of the Lodge, pull up a rocking chair bearing the name of one of the many heroes of the Civil Rights Movement, and get to know other participants who share your passion for justice.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Whether it is your first visit or one of many, you will be greeted with the words, \u201cWelcome Home,\u201d and we trust that you will find in this place a sense of home and family among kindred spirits who, like you, won\u2019t quit until we end the violence of guns and child poverty and realize God\u2019s vision of bringing joy and justice to the lives of all of our children.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

New Inspiration!<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n
From the first evening until the last morning, you will find new inspiration to renew, guide and sustain you as you work with children and seek justice for them. Find your commitment deepened through optional Meditations for the Journey discussion and reflection sessions led by the Rev. Dr. Frederick J. Streets<\/a><\/b>, Proctor Chaplain-in-Residence, each morning followed by Morning Devotions featuring the Rev. Dr. Otis Moss Jr.<\/a> <\/b>and the Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III<\/a><\/b>, Proctor Co-Pastors-in-Residence.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Worship each night is energized by prophetic and powerful preaching. The 2014 Proctor Institute Great Preachers Series will feature:<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n